Free tickets provide monster surprise for theatre-goers

MARGARET Barnes has never read the story of Jekyll and Hyde, but she thinks it sounds "fascinating".

Thanks to the generosity of the Empire Theatre Community Access Fund, she will soon be able to see whether that is a fair assessment.

Mrs Barnes, a resident of the Yukana Retirement Village, is just one of 125 people in the community offered free tickets to next week's Choral Society production of Jekyll and Hyde at the Empire Theatre.

"I wouldn't have been able to afford to go and see it without this," she said.

"Cost is a big issue for people like me."

The Empire Community Access Fund gave the Choral Society $1500 to be used for people in the community normally unable to attend the Theatre.

This money was used to create vouchers to be redeemed at the Box Office for tickets to the coming performance, and distributed to the TCC Youth Development Officer, the Veterans Affairs Office and local nursing homes.

"We hope people are able to use the tickets," Choral Society president Bob Dodman said.

Jekyll and Hyde will play at the Empire Theatre on August 26, 27 and 28.